It would take until the stroke of half-time for the first goal of the game, which came in controversial circumstances.

Marcus Rashford charged into the box, only to clearly dive ahead of a challenge from Lukasz Fabianski. However, referee Neil Swarbrick pointed to the spot, a decision which understandably outraged the Swansea players.

Ex-United striker, Michael Owen, who was fond of a dive himself, did his best to somehow justify Rashford’s cheating, surmising that the flop only “ended up a dive”. Whatever that means.

Swansea then suffered an injury headache of their own, with sub Jefferson Montero, forced off with a hamstring strain just five minutes after coming on.

However, on 79 minutes, the Swans equalised via a superb free-kick from Gylfi Sigurdsson after Rooney had fouled Martin Olsson outside the box.

Interestingly, just before Sigurdsson fired home, Ander Herrera had placed himnself on the goal-line in the very spot the Swansea man would place his free-kick, only to be ushered away by David De Gea.